pretium+retro+abiit

ăb-ĕo, ĭvi or ii, ītum, īre, v. n. (abin= abisne, Plaut. and Ter.; abiit, dissyl., v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. p. 153), to go from a place, to go away, depart.

Lit..

In gen., constr. with ab, ex, the simple abl., the acc. with in, the local adv. hinc, and absol.:

abeo ab illo,

Plaut. Cure. 2, 3, 70:

abi in malam rem maxumam a me,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 72 (v. infra); so id. Bacch. 4, 9, 107:

abin e conspectu meo?

id. Am. 1, 3, 20 (but also abin ab oculis? id. Trin. 4, 2, 140: id. Truc. 2, 5, 24):

ablturos agro Argivos,

id. Am. 1, 1, 53:

abire in aliquas terras,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

insanus, qui hinc abiit modo,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 61:

abi prae, jam ego sequar,

go on, I will soon follow, id. Am. 1, 3, 45. —With supine:

abiit exsulatum,

into exile, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 6; Liv. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

abi deambulatum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 26. — Absol.:

(Catilina) abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

praetor de sellā surrexit atque abiit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65 fin.:

quae dederat abeuntibus,

Verg. A. 1, 196 al.:

sub jugum abire,

Liv. 3, 2, 8 fin. — With inf.:

abi quaerere,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 26. —Of things:

cornus sub altum pectus abit,

penetrates deeply, Verg. A. 9, 700.

In partic.

To pass away, so that no trace remains; to disappear, vanish, cease.

Of man, to die:

qui nune abierunt hinc in communem locum (i.e. in Orcum),

Plaut. Cas. prol. 19; cf.:

ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 30; so also Cic.: abiit e vitā, Tusc. 1, 30, 74 al. —

Of time, to pass away, elapse:

dum haec abiit hora,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 50:

menses,

id. Ad. 4, 5, 57:

annus,

Cic. Sest. 33, 72:

abit dies,

Cat. 61, 195:

tota abit hora,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 14. —

Of other things:

per inane profundum,

Lucr. 1, 1108:

nausea jam plane abiit?

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 2; so id. Fam. 9, 20; Ov. M. 7, 290 al.

To be changed from one's own ways or nature into something else, to be transformed, metamorphosed; always constr. with in (chiefly poet., esp. in Ov. M., as a constant expression for metamorphosis): terra abit in nimbos imbremque, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 24 Mūll.:

in corpus corpore toto,

to pass with their whole body into another, Lucr. 4, 1111:

aut abit in somnum,

is, as it were, wholly dissolved in sleep, is all sleep, id. 3, 1066: E in V abiit. Varr. L. L. 5, § 91 Mūll.:

in villos abeunt vestes, in crura lacerti,

Ov. M. 1, 236; id. ib. 2, 674:

jam barba comaeque in silvas abeunt,

id. ib. 4, 657; 4, 396; so id. ib. 3, 398; 8,555; 14, 499;

14, 551 al.: in vanum abibunt monentium verba,

will dissolce into nothing, Sen. Ep. 94 med.;

hence, in avi mores regem abiturum,

would adopt the ways of, Liv. 1, 32.

Trop.

In gen., to depart from, to leave off, to turn aside:

ut ab jure non abeat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 114; so,

ab emptione,

Dig. 2, 14, 7, § 6; 18, 2, 14, § 2 sq.:

a venditione,

ib. 18, 5, 1: sed abeo a sensibus, leave, i. e. speak no more of, Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 9; so often with longe: non longe abieris, you need not go far to seek for examples, id. Fam. 7, 19; cf.:

ne longius abeam,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Caec. 33, 95 al.:

quid ad istas ineptias abis?

why do you have recourse to —? id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

abit causa in laudes Cn. Pompeii,

Quint. 9, 2, 55:

illuc, unde abii, redeo,

I set out, Hor. S. 1, 1, 108:

pretium retro abiit,

has fallen, Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 7.

In partic.

With abl., to retire from an office or occupation:

abiens magistratu,

Cic. Pis. 3, 6; id. Fam. 5, 2, 7: Liv. 2, 27 fin.; 3, 38 fin. al.; so,

abire consulatu,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf.

flaminio,

Liv. 26, 23 fin.:

sacerdotio,

Gell. 6, 7, 4:

honore,

Suet. Aug. 26:

tutelā,

Dig. 26, 4, 3, § 8; cf.:

tutelā vel curā,

ib. 26, 10, 3, § 18 al.

Of the consequence or result of an action, to turn out, end, terminate:

mirabar hoc si sic abiret,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 4: cf.:

non posse ista sic abire,

Cic. Att. 14, 1; so id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; Cat. 14, 16 al.

In auctions, t. t., not to be knocked down to one:

si res abiret ab eo mancipe,

should not fall to him, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54; cf.:

ne res abiret ab eo,

that he may purchase it, id. 2, 3, 64; so Dig. 18, 2, 1; 50, 17, 205.

The imper. abi is often a simple exclamation or address, either with a friendly or reproachful signif.

Abi, Indis me, credo, Begone, you are fooling me! Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 32; so Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 25; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 205. —

Begone! be off! abi modo, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 20:

abi, nescis inescare homines,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 12;

bence in the malediction, abi in malam rem!

go be hanged! Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 17:

abin hine in malam crucem?

id. Most. 3, 2, 163 (ef. Cic.: quin tu abis in malam pestem malumque cruciatum? Phil. 13, 21); v. crux and cruciatus.